Brillouin fiber laser pumped by a DFB laser diode

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 546-554

  Yong, Jae Chul ^a   Thévenaz, Luc ^b   Kim, Byoung Yoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Optical resonators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BRILLOUIN FIBER LASER; LASER RING CAVITY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037904531     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.808768     Document Type: Article

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